I would like to request better advertising options.
Our branded app has had almost 1.5 million downloads on iOS alone and we are having millions of page impressions a month.
It's vital that we capitalise on this traffic by having better options for adverts.

We need the request to our ad server to include an indication of where the advert is being shown. Targetted ads have a much higher value.
We needs ads at the top and bottom of pages.
For thread list pages we need the forumid passed to our ad server.
For threads, we need both the forumid and the threadid passed.
Also for iPads, we need larger adverts, so we need to know whether the device is an iPhone or iPad. (I guess the ipad adverts would have a width limited to the iPad in portrait).

Can this be done and if possible done quickly please? This is very important for forums running as a business and it would add significant value to the use of Forumrunner with our forums.

I would like to request better advertising options.
Our branded app has had almost 1.5 million downloads on iOS alone and we are having millions of page impressions a month.
It's vital that we capitalise on this traffic by having better options for adverts.

We need the request to our ad server to include an indication of where the advert is being shown. Targetted ads have a much higher value.
We needs ads at the top and bottom of pages.
For thread list pages we need the forumid passed to our ad server.
For threads, we need both the forumid and the threadid passed.
Also for iPads, we need larger adverts, so we need to know whether the device is an iPhone or iPad. (I guess the ipad adverts would have a width limited to the iPad in portrait).

Can this be done and if possible done quickly please? This is very important for forums running as a business and it would add significant value to the use of Forumrunner with our forums.

Thanks

What AdServer are you using right now? AdMob?

If so, how would you like this information passed into it?

I do agree that the advertising system could use a refresher - however it is not a "quick" change since it involves modifying control panels for 6 different types of forums as well as supporting both iOS and Android.

If the forumid/threadid can get you most of the way where you want to be, that should be relatively trivial to implement assuming AdMob SDK has a way to pass in parameters.

I do agree that the advertising system could use a refresher - however it is not a "quick" change since it involves modifying control panels for 6 different types of forums as well as supporting both iOS and Android.

If the forumid/threadid can get you most of the way where you want to be, that should be relatively trivial to implement assuming AdMob SDK has a way to pass in parameters.

Thanks for replying.
We're using Google Ad Exchange, which is a big-site version of Ad Sense.
The code put into our Forumrunner CP looks like this:

If the app displays whatever size banner is given to it, then all we need to do is know the device type, and we can either send it a 350x50 for iphone or larger for ipad.
Given the forumid and threadid, we can improve the ad serving a lot.
I appreciate it's not a trivial change, but I hope you agree how vitally important it is.